My 0.02:
Reset buttons are useful ONLY if the form is really, really long and the
user would be upset if she had to undo THE WHOLE of it.
But usually this is not the case.
1. Forms are seldom long enough to warrant a RESET button.
2. Even when a user wants to undo something, it seldom is the whole of the
form, only a few fields here and there.
3. On most sites that do use the button, reset button is about as big as
the submit button. I have often clicked on the reset button in a hurry
(which I often am in, while filling a form), and then excruciatingly filled
the whole goddamn thing all over again.
I hardly see a good reason for the button to be there, and if you do put it
because of your beliefs or contextual requirements, PLEASE make it much
much smaller and far removed from the SUBMIT button.
And stick to the names: "SUBMIT" and "RESET". The following is the biggest
problem with web sites:
(These might be synonymous to -- "SUBMIT", "RESET" -- but confuse the user
like hell --)
"GO GET IT", "CHANGE DETAILS"
"SEND IT NOW", "UNDO INFORMATION"
etc..
Regards
Shashank
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Shashank Tripathi
http://shanx.com
At 00:30 27/10/1999 , Dianne Starzyk wrote:
>I was wondering if anyone knows of any documentation with regards to always
>displaying a reset button with a submit button on a web form. Is this
>something that should be standard on any form? I am currently involved in a
>debate over whether or not you should always display a reset button with a
>submit button. My thoughts are that you should, others disagree.
>
>I would appreciate any feedback you may have towards this issue.
>
>Thanks
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